Word Finder - coupler

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Someone who couples things together, especially someone whose job it is to couple railway carriages.

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Anything that serves to couple things together; but especially a device that couples railway carriages.

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A device that connects two keyboards of an organ together so that they play together.

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A device used to convert electronic information into audible sound signals for transmission over telephone lines.

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An electrical device used to transfer energy from one electric device to another, especially without a physical connection.

The essential change from the link and pin to the automatic coupler is in the outboard end or head of the draw-bar.

This form of automatic coupler has now gained practically universal acceptance in the United States.

This body pursued the subject with more or less diligence, and in 1884 laid down the principle that the automatic coupler should be one acting in a vertical plane - that is, the engaging faces should be free to move up and down within a considerable range, in order to provide for the differences in the height of cars.

In 1887 a committee reported that the coupler question was the " knottiest mechanical problem that had ever been presented to the railroad," and over 4000 attempted solutions were on record in the United States Patent Office.

The method of constructing the working faces of this coupler is shown in fig.

Some products also have an inductive coupler for people who use hearing aids.

The inductive coupler is used with the hearing aid switched to the ' T ' position to pick up the sound.

Using a directional coupler, a good VSWR can then be obtained.

The port may also be used with a Modem or acoustic coupler to send or receive data through a telephone line.

The hybrid coupler shown to the left is made of square coaxial cable with inner conductor only a 50 micron wide.

Connections are also available for external loud speaker and the Icom automatic antenna coupler.

The main function of the antenna coupler is to provide a link to an external antenna.

Each Economy Plus bus coupler can directly support up to 64 I/O terminals, each with two or four I/O channels.

The shaft is coupled to a top plate via a coupler which allows significant misalignment.

The committee had not found one that did not possess grave disadvantages, but concluded that the " principle of contact of the surfaces of vertical surfaces embodied in the Janney coupler afforded the best connexion for cars on curves and tangents "; and in 1887 the Association recommended the adoption of a coupler of the Janney type, which, as developed later, is shown in fig.

In most cases, Wilton cakes require a standard pastry bag, a coupler to screw onto the bag, and a variety of decorating tips.

Fit a pastry bag with a coupler and small round tip, and fill it with black buttercream.

You set the tray on the coupler and you are done.

The coupler that holds the glass tray in place by the knobs on the tray often needs to be replaced.

It's soon clear that the young couple is the older coupler earlier in their lives and that the elderly woman is suffering from some type of dementia.

The common form of non-automatic coupler, used in Great Britain for goods wagons, consists of a chain and hook; the chain hangs loosely from a slot in the draw-bar, which terminates in a hook, and coupling is effected by slipping the =chain of one vehicle over the hook of the next.

To decorate, you'll need a few specific Wilton frosting tips and a pastry decorating bag with coupler, all of which you can purchase at a cake decorating supply store or even a large grocery store.

If you want to make a border around the top or bottom of the cake and pipe decorative stars, you'll also need a pastry bag, piping tip, and coupler.